Lauren Jackson
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"Lauren Elizabeth Jackson" is an Australian professional basketball player. The daughter of two national basketball team players, Jackson was awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team)/Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 1997, when she was 16. In 1998, she led the AIS side that won the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) championship. Jackson joined the Canberra Capitals for the 1999 season when she turned 18, and played with the team off and on until 2006, winning four more WNBL championships. Since 2010, Jackson plays with the Capitals during the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) offseason.

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I'm skinny now; it's like I'm wearing a girdle, ... In the end it was my decision, but this could be it. It could be one of those things where if I wait a day and I don't give everything I've got the next couple of games, we may not have another chance. I'm not going to risk that. If it [the back] gets bad, that's cool, I've got some time off at the end of the season.

[She uses her iPod] all the time — before games, on the bus, in airplanes, ... I just love music. I love all music.

I made the decision that I was going to play tonight. This was huge for us. Going on the road and winning is big, and we definitely want to win the series in two games so we can relax and prepare for the next round.

I won't miss any games. I could feel it, but it's just one of those things where you can't really think about it, you've just got to keep going. I was fine. I just focused on the game.

Once I made the decision to play, and it was my decision, I was going to do it. You go out there and give it your best shot. I've had better days (physically), but I'm OK.

It's not great, ... Once you get out there and start playing, that's just the way it is. With my shins and everything else I've been through that is so painful, I've done this before, so it's not really that frightening.

Betty was unbelievable, ... That's what we need from her every game. Once she does that, we're unstoppable.

She wanted me to come home and get treatment, but I was pretty much just like, 'It's not going to happen,'.

For me, I was a bit unsure how things would go this year, ... So regular season-wise, we did a hell of a job. Maybe the playoffs were a little bit too much with a lot of new players. I don't know. It's pretty upsetting. I'm a bit shocked. We thought we could do better.